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Alphabetical Index of Words Featured in AWAD A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a Word Featured in a fortiori Sep 03 aa Mar 02 abbreviation Mar 99 abderian Sep 07 abdicate May 99 abecedarian Jun 95 abecedarian Oct 06 abend Sep 00 abigail May 05 abiogenesis Mar 97 abiogenesis May 95 abjure Oct 00 ableism Mar 98 abrade May 96 abrogate Jul 96 absquatulate Sep 95 abstemious Apr 07 abstemious Oct 97 abulia Mar 95 abut Jun 95 acalculia Jul 00 acarophobia Mar 99 accismus Oct 05 acclamation Mar 04 acclivity Nov 01 accrete Nov 98 acedia Jul 00 aceldama Apr 98 acephalous Apr 00 acerbate Jul 97 acescent Mar 07 achates Aug 96 acheron Nov 96 achilles' heel May 00 acid test Jan 03 acidic Aug 97 acidulous Aug 97 acidulous Sep 06 acolyte Nov 99 acritochromacy Mar 08 acrophobia Jul 94 acrophobia Sep 97 acrostic May 94 acrostic May 98 acrostic Sep 02 actuate Oct 00 ad lib Jan 06 ad lib Sep 03 adamantine May 01 adamite Jul 06 adder Dec 98 addisonian Apr 01 adduce Apr 05 adit Feb 06 admix Nov 98 adobe Dec 07 adonis Aug 99 adrenalize Sep 01 adscititious Dec 07 adulate Nov 98 adultescent Jan 08 adumbrate Apr 94 adumbrate Dec 94 aedile Jul 96 aegrotat Sep 00 aerious Aug 00 aesculapian Nov 99 aesthete Nov 98 affiance Aug 96 affine Jul 96 afflatus Aug 94 affluential Mar 98 aficionado May 97 agelast Oct 02 aggiornamento Aug 00 agglomerate Dec 97 agglutinate May 94 agio Feb 95 agio Jun 05 agita Dec 02 agitprop Sep 04 aglet Nov 99 agley May 96 agnate Oct 99 agnomen Aug 06 agnostic Dec 99 agon May 96 agon Oct 94 agonist Sep 94 agonistes Dec 06 agoraphobia Jul 94 agoraphobia Sep 97 agrestic Jun 07 agrostology Mar 99 ahimsa Feb 06 ahimsa Oct 00 aileron Dec 03 ailurophile Mar 99 airy-fairy Jan 05 ait Jan 01 akimbo Nov 94 akimbo Dec 06 alacrity Mar 00 alarum Jul 99 albatross Nov 00 albatross Nov 06 albedo Apr 07 albedo May 01 alchemy Nov 06 alcove Nov 07 aleatory Sep 99 alembic May 02 alexia Aug 04 alexiteric Aug 05 alford plea May 07 alfresco Jan 02 algolagnia Mar 99 algophobia Oct 05 algorism Jun 99 algorithm Oct 95 algorithm Nov 07 alienist Jan 04 aliment Aug 96 aliterate Nov 07 allocution Jan 04 allogeneic Nov 98 allonym Oct 05 alopecia Feb 98 alpine Oct 98 amalgam Nov 06 amanuensis Apr 95 amaranth May 94 amative Feb 97 amazon Apr 00 ambidextrous Jul 98 ambiguity Oct 00 ambisinister Jul 01 ambit Jul 02 ambrosia Feb 99 ambrosia Dec 06 ambsace Jul 02 ameliorate Sep 01 amerce Jun 04 amicable Nov 02 amicus curiae Apr 04 amigo Dec 03 amok Oct 03 amoretto Feb 97 amorist Feb 97 ampersand Mar 99 amphibology Nov 96 amphigory Apr 02 amphigory Apr 06 amulet Nov 98 amuse-bouche Nov 05 amusia Jul 00 ana Apr 96 anabasis Dec 02 anabiosis Apr 06 anachronism Jan 06 anacoluthon Dec 97 anacreontic Jul 04 anadiplosis May 00 anagnorisis Sep 04 anagoge May 00 anagram Jun 99 anagram Sep 02 analects May 00 analphabetic Aug 99 anamnesis Feb 95 ananda Sep 04 ananias Jun 96 ananym Sep 05 anaphora Sep 97 anastrophe Sep 97 anathema Nov 05 anchorite Jun 01 andragogy Sep 00 andragogy Oct 06 androcracy Jun 00 anecdotage Jul 07 anemious Apr 07 anent Aug 04 angary May 99 anhedonia Jul 00 anile Jul 01 animadversion Nov 94 animadvert Apr 05 animatronics Mar 98 animus Jan 05 annalist Feb 07 annelidous Apr 07 annelidous Oct 97 annie oakley Apr 01 annulus Sep 98 annus mirabilis Sep 01 anodyne Aug 94 anomie Oct 94 anon Nov 03 anon Dec 01 anonym Aug 95 anonym Sep 05 anopsia Apr 02 anosmia Jul 00 anschluss Nov 00 anserine Dec 00 antaean Apr 04 antanaclasis Mar 05 antanaclasis Dec 00 antebellum Sep 03 antediluvian May 94 antepenult Oct 97 anthropomorphize Dec 07 anthroponym Apr 00 anthropophagus Dec 97 antidisestablishmentarianism May 97 antidisestablishmentarianism Jun 06 antimacassar Feb 97 antiphony Oct 01 antiphrasis Mar 05 antiphrasis Dec 00 antipodal Oct 97 antipyretic Jan 04 antiquarian Jan 99 antitussive May 00 antitussive Oct 94 antonomasia Sep 99 apartheid Apr 98 apercu Oct 94 aperient Jun 00 aperture Dec 97 apgar score May 05 aphelion Nov 98 aphotic May 06 aphrodisiac May 00 apian Nov 05 apocalypse Jan 97 apocope Nov 96 apocrypha Apr 95 apodictic Feb 02 apollonian Mar 97 apollonian Sep 96 apophasis Sep 97 aporia Sep 02 aposematic Jul 07 aposiopesis Sep 97 apostate May 04 apostrophe Mar 99 apothecary Apr 97 apothegm Jun 98 apotheosis Mar 98 appanage Jun 94 apparat Apr 03 apparatchik Apr 06 appellation Jul 95 apposite Aug 05 approbation Oct 02 appulse Jun 97 appurtenance May 95 apron Dec 98 aptronym Dec 01 arborescent Jan 99 arboretum Mar 94 arcadia Sep 96 arcanum Jun 98 archimage Jul 03 archipelago Nov 97 archon Oct 07 arctophile Jul 00 arcuate Dec 95 areology Sep 03 argonaut Jul 99 argosy Aug 95 argot May 95 argufy May 96 argus Feb 96 argus Apr 08 argus Jun 01 argy-bargy Jan 99 aristarch Mar 01 aristology Jul 97 arithmancy Aug 06 armada Dec 03 armageddon Jan 97 armamentarium Nov 03 armigerous Feb 01 armigerous Sep 02 armillary Oct 04 arriviste Oct 00 arsy-varsy Dec 06 arterious Oct 97 artesian Sep 07 asinine Dec 00 asperse May 99 asseverate Apr 95 assiduous Apr 96 assize Aug 02 assoil Nov 01 assonance Jun 98 assuage Sep 01 astrobleme Sep 02 asyndeton Mar 01 asyndeton May 07 ataraxia Jun 07 atavism Apr 95 athenaeum Jan 01 athenaeum Jan 06 athenaeum May 95 atlantean Jul 96 atlas Jun 96 atomy Jan 99 atomy Sep 07 atrabilious Jul 98 atretic Aug 05 atrichia Dec 04 attainder Feb 01 attar Feb 96 attic salt Jun 02 atticism Aug 00 au contraire Apr 06 au naturel Jun 04 aubade Feb 97 auctorial Mar 96 auctorial Oct 06 aufklarung Nov 00 augean Jun 96 auger Sep 07 aught Nov 03 aught Dec 98 augustan Mar 98 aureate Sep 96 auricle Nov 05 auscultation Jun 00 autarchy Jun 00 autarky Sep 94 autochthonous Apr 94 autocrat May 01 autodidact Mar 95 autonym Apr 00 autonym Sep 05 autotomy Oct 05 avast Sep 06 avatar Oct 03 avatar Oct 96 avatar Nov 94 avid Oct 00 avifauna Jun 96 avigation Aug 03 avuncular Jul 95 axenic Jun 00 axenic Aug 07 axilla Feb 98 axiomatic Aug 05 azimuth Oct 97 azimuth Nov 07 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z b Word Featured in babbitt May 08 babbitt May 96 babel Apr 98 babylon Sep 96 bacchant Aug 99 bacchic Apr 99 backronym Sep 05 backwardation Dec 04 bad hair day Jun 01 badinage Jan 06 badinage Apr 98 baedeker Apr 98 bagatelle Mar 06 bailiwick Apr 95 bain-marie Feb 99 baker's dozen Mar 07 baker's dozen Apr 02 baksheesh Nov 02 balkanize Oct 98 balneal Jan 04 balsamic May 06 banana republic Apr 02 banausic Nov 03 band-aid Sep 00 band-aid Sep 97 bandersnatch Jan 00 bane Feb 98 banshee Mar 97 bantam Jan 97 bariatrics Jan 04 barmecide Jun 97 barrator Jan 01 bastinado May 97 bathos Oct 96 bathypelagic Dec 98 bathyscaph Dec 98 batik Oct 03 battology Sep 00 baxter Jun 06 bayonet Oct 99 beacon Feb 99 bedizen Apr 04 bedlam Jan 98 bedlam Sep 96 bedswerver Aug 07 beestings Jul 03 behoove Jul 98 belay Jul 95 beldam Jul 95 belles-lettres Jan 99 belles-lettres Apr 06 bellicose Sep 03 benedict arnold Sep 01 benedict Jan 97 benevolent May 00 benighted Feb 04 benjamin Oct 05 benthos Dec 98 berserk Jul 99 best boy Jan 05 best gold Mar 06 beta Sep 00 betise Dec 02 bevy Jun 99 bevy Sep 05 bibacious Mar 05 bibelot Nov 96 biblioclast Jun 00 biblioklept Jun 00 bibliolater May 95 bibliolater Jun 00 bibliolatry Jan 99 bibliomancy Aug 06 bibliomania May 95 bibliopegy May 95 bibliopegy Oct 06 bibliophage Jun 00 bibliophile Jun 00 bibliophobe Jun 00 bibliopole May 95 bibliotaph Jun 00 bibliotheca May 95 bibliotics Mar 95 bibulous Dec 94 biennial May 02 big brother Mar 00 bight Nov 05 bigot May 98 bijou Jan 01 bilabial Jul 06 bildungsroman Oct 98 bilk Sep 95 billet-doux Apr 96 billet-doux Jul 95 billingsgate Mar 97 billingsgate Apr 95 bimester Jan 06 bimillenary Oct 99 bindlestiff May 05 biogeography Jun 94 birl Oct 98 bissextile Jul 02 bissextile Aug 07 blackball Mar 04 blarney Jun 07 blarney Jul 95 blase Jan 01 blasphemy May 00 blatherskite Nov 02 blaxploitation Oct 98 blazon Dec 95 bleb Jul 95 blighty Apr 03 blimey Apr 08 blimp Sep 97 bling-bling Dec 06 blitzkrieg Jan 96 blitzkrieg Aug 95 bloviate Feb 02 blue rinse Oct 01 blue streak Jan 08 bluebeard Nov 97 bluestocking Aug 98 blunderbuss Feb 04 blurb Aug 97 bluster May 98 bobbsey twins Sep 02 bobby Jun 02 bobby Aug 98 bodacious Aug 95 bodacious Nov 06 boeotian Mar 00 boeotian Apr 03 boffin Oct 04 boffo Sep 04 bogart Dec 03 bohemian Aug 95 boisterous Mar 97 boll Feb 07 bollard Jan 00 bombast Apr 97 bombast Sep 07 bombinate Dec 99 bon mot Jan 06 bonanza May 97 bonhomie Oct 04 boniface Sep 97 bonsai Sep 99 booboisie Dec 99 boodle Sep 06 boondocks Jan 01 boondocks Oct 03 boondoggle Aug 97 bootleg Jun 98 bootless Jul 04 borborygmus Dec 99 boreas Aug 99 bort Apr 01 bosh Jan 05 bosky Jan 99 boston marriage Aug 04 boswell Mar 97 bouleversement Jun 04 bounden Jul 98 bourbon Sep 96 bourn Nov 05 boustrophedon Feb 95 bovarism Dec 00 bovine Dec 00 bowdlerize Dec 94 bowyer Apr 07 bowyer Jul 97 boycott Aug 98 brachylogy Mar 01 brachylogy May 07 brad Jun 02 braggadocio Aug 96 brainiac Jun 04 brass-collar Mar 04 brasserie Feb 99 brassy May 03 bravura Apr 95 bravura May 05 breach Dec 97 breastsummer Jul 00 breastsummer Aug 07 bred-in-the-bone Dec 98 breeches part Jul 07 brevet Jan 03 bric-a-brac Jan 97 bricolage Sep 04 bridewell Mar 00 brigadoon Aug 01 brigadoon Sep 07 bright-line Apr 04 brio Jun 95 brobdingnagian Mar 08 brobdingnagian Jun 95 brodie Oct 02 brogan Jul 98 bromide Sep 06 bromidic Aug 97 bronx cheer Apr 03 bronx cheer Sep 05 brougham Jul 94 brougham Dec 98 brown study Oct 01 bruit Jun 97 brumal May 03 brummagem Sep 94 bruxism Jul 99 buccaneer Sep 06 buckley's chance Feb 08 buckram Sep 07 bucolic Mar 98 buff Apr 00 buffalo Nov 00 buggin's turn Feb 08 bulimarexia Feb 99 bulimia Feb 07 bull's-eye Mar 06 bumbershoot Aug 03 bumbledom May 97 bumf Jun 03 bumptious May 97 bunbury Nov 07 bunkum Jan 97 bunyanesque Jul 06 burgomaster Jul 94 burke Nov 94 burlesque Mar 98 bushwa Mar 04 buskin Feb 02 buskin Apr 94 busman's holiday Dec 07 butte Feb 07 butterfingered Sep 95 buttinsky Sep 95 buttress Jul 03 byzantine Mar 00 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z c Word Featured in cabal Apr 98 cabana Apr 02 cabana May 07 cachet Apr 94 cachet Sep 97 cachinnate Feb 95 cachinnation Aug 97 cackle Aug 97 cacodemon Nov 95 cacoethes Dec 95 cacography Aug 95 cadmean victory Sep 01 cadogan Jan 04 caduceus May 98 caduceus Jun 94 caesious Apr 07 cain May 05 cairn Feb 08 caitiff Jul 98 cakewalk Dec 06 calaboose May 97 calcar Jun 98 calced Jun 06 calefacient Oct 04 calender Apr 99 calico Dec 02 caliginous Jun 05 callipygian Jul 97 callithump Feb 96 calumniate Nov 95 calvary Jan 97 calvity Dec 04 calvous Mar 07 camarilla Jan 97 camelot Jul 95 camorra Jan 02 campanology Jun 94 canard Dec 03 canary Nov 00 cancrine Feb 01 cancrine Feb 06 candent Jul 04 candescence Sep 98 canicular Sep 96 canorous Dec 95 canossa Feb 03 cantabrigian Jan 00 canter Oct 98 canthus Feb 98 canton Jan 96 capitation Apr 06 capitol Oct 98 capitonym Dec 01 caprice Nov 04 captious Apr 95 caravan Nov 97 caravansary Apr 94 caravel May 94 carbon-neutral Jan 08 carcinogen Apr 94 carillon Apr 03 cark Jun 05 carmine Oct 98 carnet Sep 97 carnivore Feb 99 carp Dec 95 carrageen Jun 07 carte blanche Dec 05 cartesian Mar 08 caruncle Oct 07 caryatid Mar 94 caryatid Jun 00 casanova Apr 98 cashier Apr 97 cassandra Mar 97 cassandra Jul 05 cassandra Oct 94 castigate Nov 97 casus belli Mar 06 casus belli Jul 01 casus belli Sep 03 cat's paw Jan 08 catachresis Dec 95 catacomb Jan 00 catamaran Dec 07 cataract Jul 06 cataract Nov 02 cataract Dec 00 catbird seat May 07 catch-22 Jan 98 catch-22 Jun 03 catch-as-catch-can Dec 98 catchpole Apr 07 catechumen Mar 02 cater-cornered Oct 97 caterwaul Dec 95 cathect Feb 96 cathexis Jul 00 catholicity Apr 05 catholicon Feb 95 caucus Apr 98 causerie May 04 caustic Aug 97 caustic Sep 06 cavalier Aug 03 caveat Jun 95 cay Apr 02 cay May 07 cecity Oct 01 cede Feb 07 celadon Nov 97 celerity Mar 98 cellarer Jan 99 cenobite Jul 94 cenotaph Apr 08 cenotaph Jun 97 centaur Apr 08 cento Apr 03 cephalic Apr 95 cerberus Apr 05 cerebrate Feb 96 cereologist Oct 05 cerulean Oct 99 cerumen Jun 98 cesarean Dec 98 ceteris paribus Aug 04 chad Nov 99 chadband May 97 chaffer Jan 03 chaffer Aug 06 chaise longue Aug 01 champerty Apr 04 chandler Jun 97 chaos Mar 98 chaparral Jan 05 chaperon May 98 chapfallen Aug 05 chaplet Apr 07 chaplet May 01 chapman Jun 06 charactonym Apr 00 charactonym Sep 05 charlatan Jul 96 charley horse Jul 04 charnel Oct 00 charrette Jul 03 chartreuse Dec 02 chasm Feb 01 chatoyant Jan 07 chautauqua Feb 02 chauvinism Sep 98 chav Jan 08 cheap shot Jan 02 checkmate Jan 98 checkmate Oct 01 cherub Jun 98 cheval de bataille Aug 03 cheval-de-frise Aug 03 chevelure Feb 98 chevron May 01 chevron May 98 chew the fat Apr 02 chiaroscuro Feb 05 chiaroscuro Jul 94 chiasmus Sep 99 chichi Oct 01 chicken little Mar 01 chiliad Apr 96 chimera Apr 08 chimera Apr 96 china syndrome Aug 04 chinese wall Jul 02 chinwag Mar 04 chirk Jul 95 chirography Apr 95 chirography Oct 05 chiromancy Aug 01 chivalry May 98 chocolate-box Dec 06 choleric Jul 01 chop suey Sep 03 chortle Jan 95 chortle Aug 97 chow Sep 03 chow Sep 03 chrematophobia Apr 94 chrestomathy Apr 05 chrestomathy Nov 96 chrysalis Jun 98 chrysalis Dec 01 chthonic Nov 95 chuffed Apr 04 chump Apr 97 chutzpah Apr 02 ciao Apr 00 cibarious Oct 07 cicerone Sep 96 ciceronian Jan 03 cilice Nov 04 cimmerian Jun 99 cinderella Nov 97 cineaste Jan 04 cinematheque Oct 98 cinematheque Dec 03 cingular Jan 08 cingular Feb 03 circe Mar 02 circular Mar 03 circumambulate Jul 07 circumbendibus Mar 08 circumflex Mar 99 circumlocution Apr 97 circumscribe Nov 06 circumspect Dec 99 cladogenesis May 00 clairvoyance Aug 06 clamant Jul 99 clamber Feb 00 clamorous Mar 97 claque Jul 95 clay pigeon May 07 cleave Dec 94 clement Dec 96 clepe Nov 03 clepe Dec 01 clerihew Apr 03 clerihew Apr 97 clerisy Mar 00 clerisy Mar 06 climacteric Aug 95 clinquant Aug 06 clochard Jul 01 clodhopper May 04 cloister Jul 95 cloture Nov 01 cloud-cuckoo-land May 00 coadunate Mar 03 cock-a-hoop Mar 04 cockaigne Sep 96 cockalorum Jul 98 cockamamie Feb 03 cockshut Apr 07 coda Jun 05 codex May 95 codicil Jun 98 codswallop Nov 03 cogitate Jul 99 cognate Feb 99 cognomen Sep 99 coliseum Jul 05 collage Feb 05 collocate Nov 96 collyrium Nov 02 collyrium Dec 00 colonel blimp Nov 03 colonel blimp Dec 01 colophon Apr 94 coloratura Mar 94 colporteur Mar 94 colporteur Apr 05 comate Oct 94 comedogenic May 05 comestible Jun 98 comity Feb 97 comity Dec 94 commensalism Oct 94 commentariat Jan 08 comminute Nov 96 commiserate Sep 01 commove Oct 95 compeer Jul 99 compellation Apr 99 compossible Jun 07 compurgator Jun 96 comstockery Apr 98 concatenate May 00 concinnity Oct 94 concomitant Mar 00 concordance Feb 00 concrete poetry Apr 03 concupiscence Mar 95 condescend Dec 97 condign Nov 04 condottiere Jan 02 condottiere Aug 00 confabulate Apr 98 conflate Feb 00 conge Feb 96 congeal Feb 97 congeneric Jul 01 congeries Feb 96 congruent Sep 98 congruent Nov 01 conjugal Aug 96 connate Jul 96 conniption Apr 95 connubial Jul 96 connubial Dec 94 conquistador Aug 95 consanguinity May 95 consort Aug 95 conspectus Apr 02 conspectus Apr 06 contango Dec 04 contemn Apr 04 conterminous Apr 95 contour Dec 97 contrail Jan 95 contrail Dec 03 contraindicate Jan 04 contraption Feb 96 contretemps Jan 95 contretemps Mar 95 contretemps Mar 98 contronym Dec 01 contubernal Jun 97 contumacious Jul 97 contumelious Nov 07 contumely Jan 95 conurbation Jul 03 conversant Aug 02 conversazione May 96 cook's tour Oct 04 cookie-cutter Dec 06 cookie Sep 00 cooper Jul 97 copacetic Feb 97 coparcenary Mar 95 copemate Dec 94 coppice Jan 99 coprolalia Dec 99 coprolite Aug 98 copse Nov 05 cordon bleu Jan 08 cordwainer Jun 06 coriaceous Apr 00 corinthian Nov 04 corky Jul 99 cormorant Aug 01 cornucopia Aug 99 corpus Jun 98 corrigible Dec 96 corybantic Mar 02 corybantic Nov 03 coryphaeus Oct 99 cosmogony Jun 94 cosmopolis Mar 99 cosset Feb 96 costive Jun 99 couchant Nov 95 couloir Dec 05 counterplay Jan 98 couth Dec 96 couvade Jan 98 coven Oct 95 coventry Apr 99 covey Jun 99 covey Sep 05 coxcomb Jan 07 coxcomb Apr 00 crabwise Oct 01 crapehanger Nov 98 crapulent Jan 04 crapulous Jul 97 crasis Jun 05 credenza Jul 98 cremains Oct 98 crescendo May 05 criminate Sep 98 cringeworthy Dec 05 crinite Dec 04 crispin Dec 04 criticaster Nov 95 croesus Aug 99 crossbuck Apr 01 crown of thorns Aug 05 cruciverbalist Jan 02 cryptonym May 03 cryptozoology Jul 97 cultus Jul 99 culvert Dec 97 cumshaw Nov 02 cunctation Nov 94 cunctator Nov 01 cupidity Jan 97 curate's egg Dec 07 curiosa Nov 94 curlicue Dec 05 cwm Mar 97 cwm Nov 94 cyanosis Feb 98 cyclopean Apr 05 cygnet Nov 99 cynosure Jan 07 cynosure Feb 95 cyprian Oct 04 cyrenaic Jul 95 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z d Word Featured in dace Aug 94 daedal Jun 98 dagwood Nov 97 daltonism Apr 01 dandle Aug 06 danegeld Dec 04 darbies Oct 04 darby and joan Nov 07 darkle Feb 96 darwinian Dec 04 dasypygal Aug 03 dauphin Nov 00 davy jones's locker Aug 03 de novo Mar 07 deadeye Oct 95 debark Jan 01 debark Feb 06 debonair Dec 03 debouch Jan 03 debouch Aug 06 debridement Oct 01 debunk Apr 98 debut Oct 00 decalcomania Mar 97 decalcomania Jun 94 decant Mar 96 decerebrate May 99 deciduous Jan 99 decimate Sep 02 declivitous Aug 95 decoct Jul 99 decuple Sep 99 deep-six Jun 03 defalcate Nov 97 defalcation Sep 95 defenestration Mar 97 defenestration Sep 94 defilade Aug 95 deflagrate Apr 02 degringolade Dec 05 degustation Jul 95 dehisce Jan 03 dehisce Aug 06 dehort Jun 07 deign Jun 04 deinstitutionalization May 97 deipnosophist Aug 97 dekko Jan 01 delate Dec 06 deleterious Oct 07 deliquesce Jun 97 delitescent May 05 delphian Jul 96 deltiology Mar 03 demagogue Sep 02 demarche May 99 demarche Jul 07 demesne Mar 94 demiurge Jan 96 demonology Jul 97 demotic Aug 99 demur May 99 dendriform Jul 06 dendrochronology Nov 05 denigrate Jun 04 denouement Mar 00 dentate Jul 99 dentifrice Jul 99 dentigerous May 00 dentigerous Aug 07 dentulous Feb 96 depone Mar 03 depredate Dec 95 depredate Dec 95 deracinate Jun 04 derby Jan 04 derby Jul 00 derecognize May 99 deride Jun 04 dernier cri Jun 04 derrick Dec 98 derring-do Jun 02 derring-do Nov 03 dervish Nov 97 descender Apr 99 desideratum Jul 98 desultory Jun 95 desultory Jul 03 detente May 99 detente Jul 07 deus ex machina Nov 00 deuteragonist Jul 07 deuterogenesis Jan 96 devoir Jul 04 dewclaw Oct 07 dewlap Apr 07 dewlap May 01 dexterous Jul 01 dharma Feb 06 dharma Oct 96 diablerie Oct 00 diabolical Dec 97 diacritical Sep 06 diadem Apr 97 diaeresis Mar 99 diaspora Jun 95 diastema May 01 diastema Jul 99 diatribe May 98 dibs Feb 97 dicker Apr 98 dictatress Jul 07 didactic Aug 00 didymous Jul 07 digitalis May 95 digitate Jan 96 diglot Jan 05 diktat Jan 96 dilli Jan 07 dilly-dally Jan 99 diminutive Apr 99 dingle Jan 08 dingus Jun 94 dinkum Oct 03 dionysiac Apr 99 dionysian Feb 97 diplomatics Jun 00 diplopia Jul 02 diplopia Jul 07 dipsomania Sep 97 dipsy doodle Jan 02 dipsy doodle May 06 dirge May 98 diriment Jan 05 dis Jun 04 discalced Oct 96 discombobulate Aug 98 discommode Feb 06 discommode Jun 01 disdain Nov 97 disembogue May 97 disembogue Dec 03 disgregate Oct 06 dishabille Jan 96 disparage Jun 04 dissemble Jun 05 distingue Jul 99 distrain Mar 03 distrait Feb 00 dittography Aug 01 diurnal Oct 02 diurnation Feb 08 divagate May 95 divers Nov 06 doddered Feb 95 dodecagon Mar 06 doff Feb 95 dog's letter Jan 08 doily Jun 99 dol Aug 00 dolce vita Dec 99 doldrums Dec 98 doleful Jan 98 dolly varden Mar 00 dolor Oct 03 don juanism Aug 00 don Feb 95 donkeys_years Jan 08 donnee Nov 96 donnybrook Jun 07 donnybrook Jun 94 doodad Mar 95 doolally May 02 doppelganger Jul 02 doppelganger Aug 07 doppelganger Oct 96 dotard Nov 99 dotty Jan 01 double entendre Jul 02 double entendre Aug 07 doublethink Jan 00 doubting thomas Oct 02 douceur Mar 03 down-at-the-heel Dec 98 dowse Jul 05 dowse Dec 97 doxology Jun 94 doyenne Oct 03 dr. strangelove Dec 00 draconian Dec 96 draggle Feb 04 dragoman Apr 03 dragon's teeth Apr 05 dragoon Feb 07 dragoon Apr 99 dramaturg Feb 02 drawcansir Apr 04 dreary Mar 97 dreary Nov 02 dreary Dec 00 dressage Mar 94 druthers Mar 08 dryasdust Dec 05 dryasdust Dec 96 ducat Sep 04 dudgeon Mar 03 duende Dec 03 dulcet May 94 dulcify Sep 95 dulcinea Jun 97 dumbwaiter May 94 dun Apr 98 dunce Apr 98 dundrearies Dec 96 dunkirk Feb 03 dunkirk Oct 99 duodecennial Mar 06 duodecimal Mar 06 duodecimal May 96 duodenum Mar 06 duoliteral Oct 97 duopoly Aug 02 duplicitous Jul 98 dutch auction Jul 02 dyed-in-the-wool Jan 97 dyscalculia Feb 01 dysesthesia Jul 00 dyslexic Jun 99 dyspeptic Nov 98 dysphagia Dec 07 dysphemism Jan 03 dysphoria Oct 02 dystopia Mar 08 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z e Word Featured in eagre May 02 earthy Aug 96 earwig May 98 eaves Jul 03 ebrious Feb 05 ebullient Apr 08 ecdemic Apr 02 ecdysis Jan 96 ecesis Nov 05 echt Feb 08 eclaircissement Mar 96 eclat Mar 96 eclat Apr 94 eclogue Mar 04 edacious Mar 96 edentate Nov 95 edentulous Jul 99 educe Jun 07 educe Jun 95 effete May 05 effrontery Nov 06 effulgence Dec 94 effusion May 97 egeria Jun 96 egregious Jan 00 egregious Sep 02 eidetic Jul 04 eidolon Nov 95 eighty-six Jan 98 eighty-six Jun 03 eisegesis Sep 00 eke Jun 95 ekistics Dec 99 el dorado Aug 01 el dorado Nov 07 eldritch Oct 96 eleemosynary Jul 94 elevenses Mar 05 eleventh hour Mar 05 elide Dec 94 elliptical Mar 03 elliptical Sep 00 elysian Apr 99 elysium Feb 95 embargo May 98 embonpoint Nov 95 embouchure Jul 94 embracery Apr 04 embrangle Jun 04 embrasure Jul 95 embrocation Mar 07 emeritus Jun 06 emetic Jun 00 eminence grise Nov 01 emote Nov 98 empennage Dec 03 emprise Mar 03 emptor Aug 02 empty nest syndrome Sep 00 empyreal Jan 04 en banc Mar 03 enate May 04 enate Oct 99 encaustic Feb 05 enchiridion Feb 96 encomium Jan 95 endgame Jan 98 endgame Oct 01 endogamy Apr 08 endogamy Nov 98 endogenous Aug 00 endsville Apr 04 endue May 02 energy Oct 00 enfilade Jun 97 enfranchise Jun 00 enjambment Sep 97 ennead Sep 99 ennead Oct 03 ennui May 98 enormity Jan 00 enow Jul 05 ensorcell Jan 03 ensorcell Jul 06 entelechy Nov 04 entente Jun 04 entresol Jan 98 enuresis Dec 99 envenom Feb 98 eolian Apr 99 eolian Sep 96 eonism Jan 07 epenthesis Aug 01 epexegesis Sep 95 ephemeris Oct 97 epicene May 01 epicure Dec 95 epicurean Jan 99 epigamic Feb 07 epigeal Feb 07 epigone Feb 07 epigone Nov 98 epigram Mar 04 epigraph Feb 99 epilogue Mar 04 epistrophe Dec 01 epithalamion Aug 06 epizootic Jul 01 eponym Apr 00 epopee Aug 06 epopee Sep 99 epos Dec 05 epuration Feb 01 epuration Sep 02 equerry Apr 94 equipollent Jan 95 equitant Jul 03 equitation Jul 96 equivoque Sep 94 ere Jan 96 eremite Sep 99 erg May 06 erg Dec 02 eristic Apr 03 eros Nov 99 erose May 00 erotomania Sep 97 ersatz Mar 00 eructate Dec 99 erudite Feb 03 erythrophobia Jun 06 escarpment Jan 01 eschatology Dec 95 escheat Oct 01 escritoire Oct 94 esculent Jun 97 escutcheon May 94 escutcheon May 98 esemplastic Jan 02 esperance Jan 96 espousal Jul 96 esprit d'escalier Apr 05 esthesia Feb 96 estival Jul 02 estivate Jul 01 estoppel May 02 estuary Nov 97 esurient Dec 95 eternity Nov 97 ethology Feb 02 etiolate Sep 95 etiology Jun 94 etymon Oct 98 eudemonia Dec 02 euhemerism Jul 99 eupeptic Jul 96 euphemism Jan 02 euphony Mar 98 euphuism Nov 97 eustasy Feb 01 eustasy Feb 06 evanescent Mar 97 eviscerate Apr 95 evitable Dec 96 exalt Nov 97 excelsior Feb 99 excelsior Jun 01 excelsior Sep 00 excerebrose Feb 04 excogitate Nov 96 excrescence Apr 04 excursive Dec 07 excursus Oct 98 execrable Mar 05 exfiltrate Mar 98 exhilaration Feb 00 exigent Nov 06 exiguous Aug 06 eximious Feb 02 exonumia Mar 03 exonym May 03 exorcise May 98 exordium Mar 95 exoteric Oct 02 expectorate Dec 95 expurgate Feb 98 exscind Jun 96 exsert Jun 96 exsiccate Jun 96 extemporize Jun 03 extensile Jul 99 extirpate Apr 08 extramundane Nov 03 extraterritoriality May 99 extraterritoriality Jul 07 extravasate May 99 extrinsic Aug 98 exuviate Feb 00 eyas Sep 07 eyas Nov 99 eye dialect Aug 01 eyeservice Aug 07 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z f Word Featured in fabian Sep 96 fabulist Oct 94 facade Feb 00 facetiae Sep 07 facetious Apr 07 facetious Oct 97 facile Jul 04 facinorous Aug 03 factoid Jan 00 factory farming Mar 08 factotum Feb 96 facultative Nov 95 fagin Mar 97 fain Jun 03 faineant Nov 01 faineant Nov 03 fallacious Nov 97 false colors Sep 06 falstaffian Mar 97 famulus May 96 famulus Oct 07 fandango Jan 97 fanfaronade Apr 00 fantabulous Aug 00 fantod Dec 02 fard Jul 97 fardel Sep 99 farouche Apr 96 farrago Jun 94 fartlek Aug 02 fascicle Mar 96 fascicle Oct 06 fastidious Jan 98 fastuous Apr 02 fata morgana Aug 00 fatidic Jul 05 fatuous Jan 97 fauntleroy Sep 97 faustian Nov 00 fawn Nov 99 febrile May 96 fedora Aug 99 feisty Sep 02 felicity Mar 98 feme covert Feb 05 feme sole Nov 04 fen Jun 03 fencible Jan 04 feng shui Apr 06 ferruginous Sep 96 fescennine Oct 97 festinate Dec 94 festschrift Mar 96 festschrift Apr 05 fetial Mar 06 fetial Jul 01 fetor Feb 02 feuilleton Apr 05 feuilleton Nov 96 fey Mar 98 fiasco Aug 00 fictioneer Nov 96 fiddle-faddle Jan 99 fifth column May 01 fifth column Oct 06 figurehead Nov 96 filemot Sep 05 filial May 04 filiation Sep 98 filibuster Jun 00 filibuster Sep 06 fin de siecle Aug 02 finale Jun 05 finial Apr 07 finial May 01 finis Feb 04 finlandization Mar 05 firmament Oct 06 first water May 01 first water Nov 06 firth Dec 98 fishwife Nov 95 fissiparous Dec 94 fissure Dec 97 fizgig Jan 07 fizzle Apr 98 fjord Nov 97 flack Jan 03 flagellate Dec 95 flagitious Dec 94 flagrante delicto Jul 05 flammable Sep 98 flatfoot Mar 04 flatulent Dec 99 flavor of the month Apr 02 flay Jul 95 fleer Aug 97 fleet street Mar 05 fletcher Mar 06 fletcher Jul 97 fletcherize Mar 01 flews Jan 00 flibbertigibbet Jul 94 flinty Feb 95 floccinaucinihilipilification May 97 floccinaucinihilipilification Jun 06 flocculate Oct 94 florilegium Feb 00 floruit Mar 07 flotsam Feb 99 flummery Dec 06 flyleaf Nov 96 foehn Sep 96 fogram Oct 04 foley Jan 05 foley Aug 03 fomites Sep 05 footle Aug 95 footling May 95 forbearance May 00 forbearance Aug 07 force majeure Oct 07 forehanded Dec 06 forfend Aug 04 formication Jul 97 forsooth Aug 04 fortuitous Jan 00 fossick Oct 03 four-flush Jan 98 foursquare Jan 98 fourth estate May 01 fourth estate Oct 06 fourth wall Jul 07 frabjous Jan 00 fractious Mar 05 frag Sep 04 frangible Jul 99 frangible Nov 02 frank Oct 97 frankenstein Aug 96 french leave Jul 02 frenum Feb 98 freshet Nov 95 fress Jun 03 freudian slip May 07 friable Feb 95 friar's lantern Dec 07 frigorific Feb 97 frisson Dec 05 frontispiece Jan 99 froufrou Jul 06 froward Jan 97 frowzy Jan 06 frugivorous Aug 96 fruitarian Oct 98 fubsy Sep 95 fuddy-duddy Jun 96 fug Apr 96 fugacious Aug 98 fugleman Oct 07 fuliginous Sep 94 full monty Jun 01 fulminate Aug 97 fulsome Jan 00 fumarole Dec 05 funambulism Aug 95 fungible Mar 95 fungible Dec 94 funicular Jan 04 furfuraceous Feb 97 furfuraceous Nov 95 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